Improvement in washing-machine



Letters Patent No. 93,812, dated A'upast' 17, 1869.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it -'known that 1, DAVID C. DELINGER, of Decatur, in the county ofBrown, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improvedWashing-Machine and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart ofthis specification, in which- Figure Us a longitudinal vertical section.

Figure 2 is-a top view. This invention consists in providing awashing-niachine with two receptacles, one for water alone, andthe otherfor water and clothes, said receptacles being connected by a pipe, sothat water may be forced from one receptacle to the other and backagain, to efl'ect the more thorough cleansing of the clothes; also, in

an improved apparatus for throwing the water, from one receptacle to theother, and, at the same'time, washing the clothes.-

In the drawings-.

I I represent the frame-work of the machine, which frame supports twoboxes, A and-V, connected by means of a tapering pipe, M, the larger endof which opens out of the centre of the bottom of the box V,

and the smaller end opens similarly out of the box A.

K is a tube, opening out of the lowest point of the H is a post, beddedin the frame I, between the boxes A and V.

O is a lever, working on a pivot, D, placed across the top of the postH, and confined .in' said post by means of a spring, resting in a groovein the pin..

B is a frame, connecting the lever O with a washer, '1, in the box A.

I is a washer, resting on the bottom of the box A, under the washer T. Ip g F is a rod, pivoted to the end of the lever 0, directly over the boxV, passing down through the lid G, and made i'ast to piston R, withinthe box V. v

Q, is an apron,- prqiectingfi'om the-outer end and upper side of the boxA, and passing under the rollers N N, the upper one of which is placedin a sash,

*O, which rests on a spring, and slides in guide-ways L L, and isoperated by a treadle, U, connected by a strap, S, with the sash.

The lower roller N is operated by a crank, 1.

. The operation of the machine is as follows: v

The pivot D is removed and the lever' G lifted up, so as to withdraw thewasher T from the box A, and the piston R and'lid G from the box V.

Water isthenintroduced, which rises to the sameheight in both boxes.

The. clothes are then put in over the washer 1' in the box A, and thelever, with the washer T, piston B, and lid G, is replaced. The washer Tis then to be depressed upon the clothes, forcing them3down upon thewasher I, and expelling the water from the box A, which at onceentersthe box V, following the piston Has the latter rises.

" The piston R is then, in its turn, depressed, forcing .water and airbefore it, back into the box A, through the pipe M. The latter growingsmaller, as it.ap-

preaches the box A, the water and air issue-"out-of its mouth into thebox A with acceleratedvelocitx and the air inflates the clothes, whichthereupon rise to the. top of the water in the box 'A.

The operation is then repeated, by m'oving'the lever-(l upand down untilthe' cloihes are completely.- cleansed. v

Then the operator, with the left hand, may pass theclothes between thewringers N N, with the right hand turn the crank, and, with the foot onthe treadlc, draw the wn'ngers together.

After the clothes are all out of the box A,.th'e water may be letoif byremoving the plug K.

Having thus described my invent-ion, 1

Y What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, isv V Thearrangement and combination of the two vessels A V, frame 1, standard H,lever 0, rod F, piston R, rod B, movable washer T, and fixed washer I,each constructed as described and shown, with the-bent pipeM extendingunder said vessels A V, from the bottom of one to that of the other, andprovided at .its lower angle with a stopper, K,"the' several parts beingconstructed to operate in connection with each other, and combined withthe'wringerherein described, as and for the purposes specified.

' DAVID (l. DELINGER. Witnesses:

JOHN W. Tnomrsox, WM. STEVENSON.

